after reading this I found it rather interesting that things have not changed much in the past 200 years.

Is the U.S suffering the "Death by a Thousand Cuts"??

Thought this appropriate, as the recent Canadian and NYC incidents reveal - Most Americans are unaware that over 200 years ago the United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led the charge!

At the height of the eighteenth century, Muslim pirates were the terror of the Mediterranean. They attacked every ship in sight and held the crews for exorbitant ransoms. Those taken hostage were subjected to barbaric treatment and wrote heart-breaking letters home, begging their government and family members to pay whatever their Mohammedan captors demanded.

These extortionists of the high seas represented the Islamic nations of Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers – collectively referred to as the Barbary Coast – and presented a dangerous and unprovoked threat to the new American republic. Before the Revolutionary War, U.S. merchant ships had been under the protection of Great Britain. When the U.S. declared its independence and entered into war, the ships of the United States were protected by France.

However, once the war was won, America had to protect its own fleets. Thus, the birth of the U.S. Navy.

Beginning in1784, seventeen years before he would become president, Thomas Jefferson became America’s Minister to France. That same year, the U.S. Congress sought to appease its Muslim adversaries by following in the footsteps of European nations who paid bribes to the Barbary States, rather than engaging them in war.

In July of 1785, Algerian pirates captured American ships, and the Dey of Algiers demanded an unheard-of ransom of $60,000. It was a plain and simple case of extortion, and Thomas Jefferson was vehemently opposed to any further payments. Instead, he proposed to Congress the formation of a coalition of allied nations who together could force the Islamic states into peace. An uninterested Congress decided to pay the ransom.

In 1786, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams met with Tripoli’s ambassador to Great Britain to ask by what right his nation attacked American ships and enslaved American citizens and why Muslims held so much hostility towards America, a nation with which they had no previous contacts.

The two future presidents reported that Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja had answered that Islam "was founded on the laws of their prophet, that it was written in their Quran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Muslim who should be slain in battle was sure to go to paradise."

Despite of this stunning admission of premeditated violence on non-Muslim nations, as well as the objections of many notable American leaders, including George Washington, who warned that caving in was both wrong and would only further embolden the enemy, for the following fifteen years, the American government paid the Muslims millions of dollars for the safe passage of American ships or the return of American hostages. The payments in ransom and tribute amounted to over twenty percent of the United States government annual revenues in 1800.

Jefferson was disgusted. Shortly after his being sworn in as the third President of the United States in 1801, the Pasha of Tripoli sent him a note demanding the immediate payment of $225,000 plus $25,000 a year for every year forthcoming. That changed everything.

Jefferson let the Pasha know, in no uncertain terms, what he could do with his demand. The Pasha responded by cutting down the flagpole at the American consulate and declared war on the United States. Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers immediately followed suit.

Jefferson, until now, had been against America raising a naval force for anything beyond coastal defense, but having watched his nation be cowed by Islamic thuggery for long enough, decided that is was finally time to meet force with force.

He dispatched a squadron of frigates to the Mediterranean and taught the Muslim nations of the Barbary Coast a lesson he hoped they would never forget. Congress authorized Jefferson to empower U.S. ships to seize all vessels and goods of the Pasha of Tripoli and to “cause to be done all other acts of precaution or hostility as the state of war would justify”.

When Algiers and Tunis, who were both accustomed to American cowardice and acquiescence, saw the newly independent United States had both the will and the might to strike back, they quickly abandoned their allegiance to Tripoli. The war with Tripoli lasted for four more years, and raged up again in 1815. The bravery of the U.S. Marine Corps in these wars led to the line “to the shores of Tripoli” in the Marine Hymn, They would forever be known as “leathernecks” for the leather collars of their uniforms, designed to prevent their heads from being cut off by the Muslim scimitars when boarding enemy ships.

Islam, and what its Barbary followers justified doing in the name of their prophet and their god, disturbed Jefferson quite deeply. America had a tradition of religious tolerance, the fact that Jefferson, himself, had co-authored the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, but fundamentalist

Islam was like no other religion the world had ever seen. A religion based on supremacy, whose holy book not only condoned but mandated violence against unbelievers, was unacceptable to him. His greatest fear was that someday this brand of Islam would return and pose an even greater threat to the United States.

This should bother every American. That the Islams have brought about women-only classes and swimming times at taxpayer-funded universities and public pools; that Christians, Jews, and Hindus have been banned from serving on juries where Muslim defendants are being judged, piggy banks and Porky Pig tissue dispensers have been banned from workplaces because they offend Islamist sensibilities. Ice cream has been discontinued at certain Burger King locations because the picture on the wrapper looks similar to the Arabic script for Allah, public schools are pulling pork from their menus, on and on in the news papers….

It’s death by a thousand cuts, or inch by inch, as some refer to it, and most Americans have no idea that this battle is being waged every day across America. By not fighting back, by allowing groups to obfuscate what is really happening, and by not insisting that the Islamists adapt to our own culture, the United States is cutting its own throat with a politically correct knife and helping to further the Islamists’ agenda.

Sadly, it appears that today’s America would rather be politically correct than victorious.

Barbary Coast, Does that come from the word Barbarians ?

If you have any doubts, just google Thomas Jefferson & the Barbary wars.

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From what I saw the comment that Islam authorizes their actions is considered questionable and it's pretty important to note that Jefferson himself was a slave owner at the time so slavery of others (which is regularly mentioned in the bible) wasn't a moral issue for us either...

I don't think whether he had slaves or not was the point of the article.

After seeing what has been happening in France, I get the impression that like it or not Islam is at war with the rest of the world. Time for the rest of the world to wake up and smell the coffee.

The National Institutes of Health has just released the results of a $200 million research study completed under a grant to Johns Hopkins.The new study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.

How many more need to be hideously murdered before those fools in Washington wake up and do something before the next attack happens here. I can't believe that idiot that came up with "we need to help them find jobs". That is the last thing they are looking for, they already have jobs, killing those who don't believe they way they do or join them in their hate of the rest of the world.

At least the king of Jordan has the guts to stand up to them, unlike the dufus in the white house. He won't even call them what they are, "Islamic terrorists". Some times makes me wonder if he isn't a closet Muslim himself.

The National Institutes of Health has just released the results of a $200 million research study completed under a grant to Johns Hopkins.The new study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.

A good start would be to give support to the Mideast countries that are putting boots on the ground and fighting them. So far he hasn't even done a good job at that. Sooner or later there is going to be an attack here and then maybe he will wake up.

No I doubt it !

The National Institutes of Health has just released the results of a $200 million research study completed under a grant to Johns Hopkins.The new study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.

Maybe when that punk Scott Walker gets into the White House, we`ll be bringing our children and grandchildren home in body bags from all over the world. Not his children. The top 10% makes money on wars, they don`t die fighting them.

Were the ones in to twin towers and in the pentagon part of the ten percent.

It can and it will happen again and people like you who won't admit there is a problem and are not willing to do something about it will be the blame. Time to pull your head out of the sand !

The National Institutes of Health has just released the results of a $200 million research study completed under a grant to Johns Hopkins.The new study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.

I`ve never said there is no problem. The problem is probably the biggest problem the country has right now. My Head Is Not In The Sand. I will admit I don`t have the answer to the problem. I also doubt Any politician has the answer. No matter what side of the aisle he or she is on. How do you deal with idealistic madmen and women scattered all around the world? OK , you are now President Old Scout. What should we do Mr. President Old Scout? The world is waiting.

Judging from your Reply, if I have to explain, you probably wouldn't understand.

The National Institutes of Health has just released the results of a $200 million research study completed under a grant to Johns Hopkins.The new study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.

" if I have to explain,"'No , if you have an answer to the problem , believe me I would understand.

You said you`d "put boots on the ground" . Where? Iraq,(again) Afganistan,(again) Syria, Yemen, Egypt , Libya , all over Africa, etc etc . The list goes on and on. Let`s not forget Europe, Canada, and even the United States. Those countries are recruiting new , young members for ISIS daily.

You said that President Obama (possibly a closet Muslim) better "do something", "put boots on the ground".

I said, so if it were President Old Scout, What would you do? Where would you do it? How would you do it? Where would the funds come from?

Why anyone would want to President right now is beyond me. I don`t think anyone has the answers. (especially $cott Walker).

The world needs to unite against ISIS. The Entire world, Working together, pulling their resouces. This would have to include Russia and China!We are all world citizens, and we should unite to fight a terrible wrong that is happening in out world.President Obama can`t do it, England , France, and a handful of other countries can`t do it. It will take a world effort.

I see you like to twist my words around. This is what was in my post, please read it more carefully.

A good start would be to give support to the Mideast countries that are putting boots on the ground and fighting them.

The Kurds are begging for weapons and other support so that they can fight ISIS. They are doing their best with what they have and are willing to fight them but our gov. has done little to help. The same with Jordan. There already are boots on the ground and we are not providing them, all we have to do is to supply some help so that they can do the fighting. Do you actually believe that after obama has screwed up relations with most of the countries in the world that he could actually form any kind of coalition that would support him.

The National Institutes of Health has just released the results of a $200 million research study completed under a grant to Johns Hopkins.The new study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.

Like I said before, time to pull your head out of the sand or where ever !

The National Institutes of Health has just released the results of a $200 million research study completed under a grant to Johns Hopkins.The new study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.

And what do you suggest ? So far you haven't put forth any ideas or suggestions. I was hoping to get an intelligent discussion started, but it is hard to do by myself. If you don't like what my ideas, how about telling the world what you think should be done !

I doesn't matter which party is in control, it is the gov. as a whole that needs to step up and admit that there is a problem and propose a solution or path that they will take to solve the problem. When potus won't even use the words islamic terrorist and has not even proposed a plan it just makes me wonder about him. It is his responsibility to propose the plan to congress and get their approval. How many more must die before this threat is faced and dealt with.

The National Institutes of Health has just released the results of a $200 million research study completed under a grant to Johns Hopkins.The new study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.

Strange, don't remember any complains that Bush wouldn't call them Islamic Extremists either??? I think the Daily Show did a video that cut between both presidents and they basically are wording it exactly the same way.

Also, a number of experts on terrorism have pointed out that history shows the countries that respond in the way we generally have, and how you've suggested actually increase the number of attacks. Every country goes through a lot of bad responses before finally learning to actually work to engage and figure out the root causes and solutions rather than simply thinking they'll attack and destroy the terrorist. One suggestion I've seen that actually would be effective (although never supported by conservatives in this country) is to teach basic info on the Koran and Muslim religion. Ensuring people know the good in the religion would help reduce the ability for people to be radicalized.

It's also important to note, religious based attacks are in the minority, even among terrorist attacks.

Kerry, if bush , or any other republican were President we would not even be discussing this. For, if it were a republican President right now, I`m sure Old Scout were believe he`s doing everything possible.[quote][/quote]

I think I am wasting my time on this. I tried to get a discussion started on terrorism and you want to turn it into a political discussion. There are two things I don't discuss and they are religion and politics. It is a waste of time as no one is going to change their opinion.

The National Institutes of Health has just released the results of a $200 million research study completed under a grant to Johns Hopkins.The new study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.

The bulk of my reply specifically talked about terrorism and the idea that we're getting it wrong. I even suggested a start to a long term solution (education both here and abroad). I also linked to a podcast that was entirely about terrorism.

How is that not discussing the issue? Not to mention that you are also constantly bringing up the president and jabs against him (wonder if he isn't a closet Muslim, That idiot, etc.)

"I don't discuss and they are religion and politics." "you want to turn it into a political discussion."

Here`s just a few of your comments......"obama has screwed up relations with most of the countries""he hasn't even done a good job" (refering to President Obama)"today’s America would rather be politically correct""fools in Washington wake up ""the dufus in the white house""I can't believe that idiot ""When potus won't even use the words islamic terrorist""me wonder if he isn't a closet Muslim himself."

Just going to throw my .02 in the ring. Really, in every event of war we were fighting against a country not a group of people. ISIS is not a country, they hold no land, just a bunch of radical nomads with money, power, invading weaker countries, recruiting people who are fed up with their own country and governments who are promised wealth, recognition and the promised land of heaven, and fear of a gruesome death of their families or themselves if they do not.They get attention, they are funded, they promote primal fear. These members are all joining forces for the promise of whatever they are are seeking, which is better than they currently have, and brainwashed against the west since birth... Until each eastern country can get it's act together, make it's own people happier, productive,earning a living, being respected,offering opportunity equally, fighting ISIS on an individual occurrence, killing ISIS will be almost impossible for an outsider to take on in a foreign land.

The USA cannot and will not fix this. The answer lies within the heart and soul of each middle eastern country who WANTS to change it's ways, protects it's people. I believe the biggest threat to America is not ISIS coming here and terrorizing, but hacking into our grid, financial system and computers, water and food supply. They could shut down the USA in just a few key strokes, poison thousands and really make havoc across the whole USA, not just a city, and cause wide spread panic. Until they find out really what is behind ISIS, what their intentions are, we will never be on top of them. Like cutting a worm in 2, it just doubles in size and regroups underground.